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Integrative Organismal Biology

By: Lynn B. Martin,Cameron K. Ghalambor,H. Arthur Woods

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Integrative Organismal Biology

By: Lynn B. Martin,Cameron K. Ghalambor,H. Arthur Woods

Integrative Organismal Biology synthesizes current understandings of the causes and consequences of individual variation at the physiological, behavioral and organismal levels. Emphasizing key topics such as phenotypic plasticity and flexibility, and summarizing emerging areas such as ecological immunology, oxidative stress biology and others, Integrative Organismal Biology pulls together information from diverse disciplines to provide a synthetic view of the role of the individual in evolution. Beginning with the role of the individual in evolutionary and ecological processes, the book covers theory and mechanism from both classic and modern perspectives. Chapters explore concepts such as phenotypic plasticity, genetic and epigenetic variation, physiological and phenotypic variation, homeostasis, and gene and physiological regulatory networks. A concluding section interweaves these concepts through a series of case studies of life processes such as aging, reproduction, and immune defense. Written and edited by leaders in the field, Integrative Organismal Biology will be an important advanced textbook for students and researchers across a variety of subdisciplines of integrative biology.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118398785

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The Making of the West, Combined Volume

Peoples and Cultures

By: Lynn Hunt

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The Making of the West, Combined Volume

Peoples and Cultures

By: Lynn Hunt

Students of Western civilization need more than facts. They need to understand the cross-cultural, global exchanges that shaped Western history; to be able to draw connections between the social, cultural, political, economic, and intellectual happenings in a given era; and to see the West not as a fixed region, but a living, evolving construct. These needs have long been central to The Making of the West. The book’s chronological narrative emphasizes the wide variety of peoples and cultures that created Western civilization and places them together in a common context, enabling students to witness the unfolding of Western history, understand change over time, and recognize fundamental relationships. Read the preface.

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Macmillan

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0312672683

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9780312672683

Whole World on Fire

Organizations, Knowledge, and Nuclear Weapons Devastation

By: Lynn Eden

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Whole World on Fire

Organizations, Knowledge, and Nuclear Weapons Devastation

By: Lynn Eden

Whole World on Fire focuses on a technical riddle wrapped in an organizational mystery: How and why, for more than half a century, did the U.S. government fail to predict nuclear fire damage as it drew up plans to fight strategic nuclear war?U.S. bombing in World War II caused massive fire damage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but later war plans took account only of damage from blast; they completely ignored damage from atomic firestorms. Recently a small group of researchers has shown that for modern nuclear weapons the destructiveness and lethality of nuclear mass fire often--and predictably--greatly exceeds that of nuclear blast. This has major implications for defense policy: the U.S. government has underestimated the damage caused by nuclear weapons, Lynn Eden finds, and built far more warheads, and far more destructive warheads, than it needed for the Pentagon's war-planning purposes. How could this have happened? The answer lies in how organizations frame the problems they try to solve. In a narrative grounded in organization theory, science and technology studies, and primary historical sources (including declassified documents and interviews), Eden explains how the U.S. Air Force's doctrine of precision bombing led to the development of very good predictions of nuclear blast--a significant achievement--but for many years to no development of organizational knowledge about nuclear fire. Expert communities outside the military reinforced this disparity in organizational capability to predict blast damage but not fire damage. Yet some innovation occurred, and predictions of fire damage were nearly incorporated into nuclear war planning in the early 1990s. The author explains how such a dramatic change almost happened, and why it did not. Whole World on Fire shows how well-funded and highly professional organizations, by focusing on what they do well and systematically excluding what they don't do well, may build a poor representation of the world--a self-reinforcing fallacy that can have serious consequences. In a sweeping conclusion, Eden shows the implications of the analysis for understanding such things as the sinking of the Titanic, the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, and the poor fireproofing in the World Trade Center.

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Cornell University Press

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0801435781

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9780801435782

The Making of the West, Volume B: 1340-1830

Peoples and Cultures

By: Lynn Hunt,Thomas R. Martin,Barbara H. Rosenwein,Bonnie G. Smith

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The Making of the West, Volume B: 1340-1830

Peoples and Cultures

By: Lynn Hunt,Thomas R. Martin,Barbara H. Rosenwein,Bonnie G. Smith

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Macmillan Higher Education

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145762687X

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9781457626876

Structured Reading

By: Lynn Quitman Troyka

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Structured Reading

By: Lynn Quitman Troyka

For courses in Fundamentals of Reading and College Reading. The highly regarded, exceptionally effective approach of Structured Reading is grounded in psycholinguistic theory and based on the principle that readers improve their skills not by reading about reading, but rather by guided, hands-on experience with reading. Throughout the text readers encounter essays from books, magazines, and texts. They use this material to develop their critical thinking, reading, and vocabulary skills.

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Prentice Hall

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013854588X

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Making of the West, Volume I: To 1750

Peoples and Cultures

By: Lynn Hunt,Thomas R. Martin,Barbara H. Rosenwein,Bonnie G. Smith

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Making of the West, Volume I: To 1750

Peoples and Cultures

By: Lynn Hunt,Thomas R. Martin,Barbara H. Rosenwein,Bonnie G. Smith

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1457605481

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Hypoglycemia

Fact Or Fad? : what You Should Know about Low Blood Sugar

By: Lynn J. Bennion

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Hypoglycemia

Fact Or Fad? : what You Should Know about Low Blood Sugar

By: Lynn J. Bennion

Abstract: Basic information, facts, and case studies are related by an expert in human metabolism to aid hypglycemic patients in a better understanding of the consequences, prognosis, prevention and treatment of low blood sugar. The many causes of hypoglycemia are explained, and information is provided to show why so many people are currently treated for hypoglycemia when they may be suffering from other treatable ailments. The authors suggest that a more specific diagnosis be made in order that effective treatment can be applied. The text relates how to diagnose hypoglycemia, and how to discover, treat, and prevent its underlying causes, emphasizing that hypoglycemia is a manifestation of some underlying abnormality, not a disease in itself. A reference chapter provides an alphabetized list of defined terms, with illustrative examples and self-contained explanations. (wz).

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Crown

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0517550741

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Educational Rankings Annual 2006

By: Westney,Lynn C. Hattendorf Westney

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Educational Rankings Annual 2006

By: Westney,Lynn C. Hattendorf Westney

Educational Rankings Annual is useful for students, parents and school faculty. Also administrators of libraries and educational institutions use rankings to defend budgets, justify new positions, obtain government funding and attract philanthropic support. The annually updated resource presents more than 4,000 national, regional and international lists and rankings compiled from hundreds of respected sources. The entries in Rankings include a description of the ranking, background information on criteria for establishing the hierarchy, additional remarks about the ranking, the complete or partial (if extensive) ranking and source citations if necessary.

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Gale Cengage

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0787683221

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Book's by Lynn B. Martin

Integrative Organismal Biology

Integrative Organismal Biology

The Making of the West, Combined Volume

The Making of the West, Combined Volume

Whole World on Fire

Whole World on Fire

The Making of the West, Volume B: 1340-1830

The Making of the West, Volume B: 1340-1830

Structured Reading

Structured Reading

Making of the West, Volume I: To 1750

Making of the West, Volume I: To 1750

Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycemia

Educational Rankings Annual 2006

Educational Rankings Annual 2006

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